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Sep 13, 2010, 10:57 PM
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Does anyone else have problems concentraiting?? I get so easily frustraited doing homework that I cant do anything...I just stare at the book for hours. I also have mini anxiety attacks and I feel like I cant breathe, I cry for hours sometimes. I get headaches so bad that I cant function and I have to lay down for at least half an hour. I failed a test today...I dont know what it is about this semester. I've been in school for a little over a year and I'm at a 3.5 GPA. I have this semester and one more before I graduate in the spring but things have just been going downhill. This semester I'm not doing well on my assignments at all. Im taking classes online and I dont understand the material, I've taken ALL of my classes online so I dont know what it is about this semester thats giving me so many problems. I think maybe it might be because they arent just basic classes anymore. I've tried everything from going to the "learning center" at school to get help (cant because they dont know how to do what I'm doing) to formulating study sessions (cant because my classmates live to far away) talking to the dean (didnt help) talking to my teacher (doesnt explain things at all). I just dont know what to do about my assignments. I dont want to fail my classes because the ones I'm taking this semester are only offered in the fall so that means if I fail these classes I wont be able to take my classes in the spring (because their prerequisites) and the next time they are offered would be next fall. I would have to repay my pell grants...I'm just so stressed out. It takes me DAYS literally..to do my assignments because I dont understand them, which presses me for time to study for my exams (hence failing). I cant find ANYONE to help me.....i just feel really hopeless....
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Sep 14, 2010, 08:37 AM
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Hi Kayla_Marie2005; I have been out of school for a long time, but I can remember that same pattern during junior high, high school and University. I would do really well, then I would struggle, then I would do well again. I wish I had known I had bipolar, because I could have gotten some help.
It can be the nature of the illness with the lack of concentration etc. When I was hospitalized I couldn't even read the first week I was there. I'm not sure if you are in high school or college, but I would suggest looking into whether your school has a school counselor office. I know you take your courses online, but most schools will have some sort of counselor etc. Ask for accommodations for your assignments. This illness at times can be very debilitating. This doesn't mean that you won't be able to graduate, but you may just need some extra time to complete assignments etc. I would also suggest speaking to your Psychiatrist about what you have been experiencing and a therapist. I hope that helps.
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Sep 14, 2010, 10:11 AM
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i'm curious...are you on meds? i found that many of the symptoms you mentioned were far less intense after seeing a pdoc for my bipolar.
as for school.... first congrats on your accomplishment-3.5 gpa!!! by seeing a pdoc you could possibly get a medical deferrment re this semester. i am not sure in your current state of mind that you can successfully see this through right now. why fail if you can get the deferrment by using/on medical leave? just me, but your anxiety is feeding off itselfr right now. wish you the best...get professional help and then you will be able to continue. keep us posted will u? we care.
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Sep 14, 2010, 12:15 PM
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Lots of good suggestions..schools are also required to follow ADA and FMLA laws, so you probably could get some help. And meds definitely work. I had to skip last winter and spring semesters because I was like you - stressed out, anxious and couldn't concentrate or absorb the material. Feeling a lot more in control lately since I started Lamictal.
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Sep 14, 2010, 03:31 PM
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Sep 14, 2010, 08:21 PM
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Check with your school or the social security office - you might qualify for assistance. You would definitely feel better if you are diagnosed BP and can get meds
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Sep 15, 2010, 01:39 AM
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Yes, meds are a necessity for you to be able to deal with this.
I work during the day, and then am currently doing one course via correspondence (The last for my degree) I cannot open my books in the evening and work on my material, as I'm just too tired and usually too frazzled. So that leaves weekends for me. That's when i battle the most with concentration, I find myself having to re-read a page 3 times before I've actually taken in something and can comprehend what I've learnt. As you are studying full-time, and from home, try work out when your concentration periods are at their best and work your day around that. If you really are not coping, deferment is really a great idea. I unfortunately only learnt about this a year or so ago, after having failing many an exam or just not pitching, because I'd been through a depressive period and not able to study. Do you have the option of public medical support? Sorry - I don't know how the other countries work. For me it was imperative to get onto medical aid, where bipolar has to be covered by every medical aid as prescribed by government.
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Sep 15, 2010, 05:24 PM
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Sep 17, 2010, 12:33 AM
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I'm sort your dealing with the suckiness of Bipolar. I absolutely hate when I try to read and I can't because my thoughts are racing about so much. The worst is in school when I had to give a presentation and I'd go off on little rants.lol one time I went on for 25 mins when the speech was only supposed to be 15. The funny thing was it was my psych presentation on bipolar disorder. I wanted to do it so badly because I have it lol.
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